We compute the M-theory corrections to the confining linear potential betwe
en a quark and an anti-quark in N = 1 Super Yang-Mills theory. We find a co
nstant term, and a term exponentially small with characteristic length of L
ambda(QCD)(-1). The potential in the MQCD setup that corresponds to softly
broken N = 1 SYM is found to have a similar behavior. (C) 1999 Elsevier Sci
ence B.V.